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Red Deer Volleyball stars named to First All-Tournament National teams

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Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics is proud to announce The Granary Kitchen RDP Athletes of the Week:

1. Tess Pearman – Queens Volleyball
Hometown – Ponoka, AB
Bachelor of Education Elementary (3rd year)

Tess Pearman provided the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens Volleyball team with energy and strong play at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) National Championship. The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Women’s Volleyball South All-Conference team selection was instrumental in helping the Queens earn bronze in Charlottetown. Pearman was also selected to the CCAA Women’s Volleyball First All-Tournament team.

In the national championship quarter-final, the student-athlete from Ponoka recorded a match high 11 kills in a sweep over the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics, Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) Champions (25-19, 25-19 and 25-16). In a CCAA semi-final, Pearman accumulated a team high 15 kills in a setback against the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Mariners, (PACWEST Wildcard) who eventually won their fourth consecutive CCAA title (23-25, 19-25 and 24-26). She was extremely efficient on the left side (0.467 hitting percentage) and was named the Queens Player of the Game.

The third-year outside hitter had another solid performance in the Queens’ dominant three set victory over Les Rouges de Saint-Boniface (Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Champions) in a national bronze semi-final (25-13, 25-17 and 25-9). The Bachelor of Education Elementary student led the team with three service aces, and added six kills (0.357 hitting percentage), and 10 digs.

In the bronze medal match, Pearman accumulated 15 kills in a five set victory over the Lynx d’Édouard-Monpetit, Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec Champions (16-25, 25-22, 17-25, 25-21 and 15-12).

Pearman’s leadership and skill helped contribute to a memorable 2021/2022 season for the Queens Volleyball team. The squad remarkably went 22-1 during the regular season and playoffs, achieving ACAC gold and national bronze.

 

2. Cody Boulding – Kings Volleyball
Hometown – Prince George, BC
Bachelor of Kinesiology (3rd year)

Cody Boulding was an effective leader and player for the Red Deer Polytechnic Kings Volleyball team at the CCAA National Championship in Quebec. The six-foot-five middle helped guide the Kings to a national bronze medal and was selected to the CCAA First All-Tournament team.

The RDP Kings nearly completed a comeback against the host Limoilou Titans in the CCAA Quarter-final match. Down two sets and trailing in the third, the Kings pushed the Titans to five sets, but couldn’t complete the rally (19-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16 and 10-15). The Bachelor of Kinesiology student totaled 10 kills, two aces and a block, and was named the Kings Player of the Game.

The ACAC Men’s Volleyball South All-Conference team member provided a presence at the net and from the service line in the Kings’ three set victory over the Canadian Mennonite University Blazers, Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Champions, in the national bronze quarter-final (25-17, 25-11 and 25-17).

The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings swept the St. Thomas Tommies, Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association Champions, in a CCAA bronze semi-final (25-20, 25-18 and 25-18). Boulding contributed five kills and three of the Kings’ 10 service aces.

In the bronze medal final, Boulding recorded two kills and four blocks in the Kings’ four set victory over the Redeemer Royals, Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Wildcard (25-21, 25-16, 23-25 and 25-20). Boulding brought a hardworking effort throughout the entire 2021/2022 campaign. He set an example on and off the court and was important to the Kings’ success, earning ACAC gold and CCAA bronze.

For more information on Red Deer Polytechnic Athletics, the student-athletes and teams, please visit: rdpolytechathletics.ca.

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Canadian military deployed ‘gender advisors’ to Ukraine, Haiti  at taxpayers’ expense

Published on December 24, 2024

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By Anthony Murdoch

The Canadian Armed Forces has been pushing a radical LGBT agenda under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with the latest example being ‘Task Force Gender Advisors’ deployed in war-hit nations, such as Haiti and Ukraine.

Canada’s military has been actively pushing a woke pro-LGBT agenda on the world stage, with the latest example being its deployment of “task force gender advisors” internationally in war-hit nations, such as Haiti and Ukraine.

The “gender advisors” initiative is noted in the 2024 Departmental Report of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). This has resulted in it drawing a sharp rebuke from veterans who wonder why the military is spending money on pushing the LGBT agenda abroad.

The CAF report notes how in Poland, for instance, the “Task Force Gender Advisor was involved in all aspects of this training mission and supported the local Defence Attaché in connecting with local and Ukraine-based non-governmental organizations and interested parties.”

The report noted how the “gender advisor” as well as “gender focal points” were sent to military missions in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia throughout 2023.

In war-torn Haiti, “intersectional factors (were) being applied towards stabilization and humanitarian efforts,” via an “Operations HORIZON and PROJECTION” initiative.

This initiative is part of the third “National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security for 2023-2029.” This is a program that looks to advance pro-LGBT ideology, such as concepts of different “genders,” in all military operations.

Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the CAF, as well as all government departments, have pushed an ever-increasing woke agenda, as well as a host of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in place.

The military’s action plan notes how there are no less than three full-time “gender advisors” who are in the CAF at all levels.

The president of Veterans for Freedom, Andrew MacGillivray, blasted the woke DEI policies, saying the program has morphed into a “useless overbearing policy that has infiltrated every aspect of the Canadian Armed Forces.”

He noted that war-torn nations most likely don’t care “about gender nonsense being pushed by Canada when they are struggling to keep people alive.”

Since Trudeau became PM, the CAF has become increasingly woke and has been forcing LGBT ideology on many of its personnel. It has also seen recruitment plummet to all-time lows.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, earlier this year, Canada’s first “transgender” military chaplain was suspended for alleged sexual harassment, after he reportedly sought to grope a male soldier at the Royal Military College while drunk.

Canada’s military has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pro-DEI polls, along with guest speakers, presentations, and workshops, as well as LGBT flags. The workshops covered topics including “the gendered nature of security,” while one talk discussed “integrating gender and diversity perspectives.”

In 2021, the defence department revealed that it has two separate committees and eight programs that worked to appoint homosexual advisors to “innovate” religious instruction and gender-neutral uniforms.

In June of 2023, the Canadian military was criticized for “raising the pride flag” in honor of the so-called “2SLGBTQI+ communities.”

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Nearly half of non-terminally ill Canadians who choose euthanasia say they are lonely

Published on December 24, 2024

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By Anthony Murdoch

Of the 662 people who were not in danger of death but succumbed to medical assistance in dying last year, 47.1 percent cited as reasons for wanting to die ‘isolation or loneliness.’

Official government data shows that about half of Canadians who are not terminally ill yet wanted to end their lives via state-sanctioned assisted suicide did so last year because they said they were lonely.

According to data published by Health Canada on December 11 in its fifth annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID), 15,342 people were approved for and died by euthanasia in 2023.

A total of 14,721 of these deaths were in cases where illness or disability were likely down the road or considered “reasonably foreseeable.” These are called Track 1 MAiD deaths.

However, 662 deaths were people who were not dying. Of these Track 2 deaths, 47.1 percent cited as reasons for wanting to die “isolation or loneliness.” By comparison, about 21.1 percent of Track 1 deaths reported the same feelings for wanting to die by doctor-led suicide.

The report stated that “social isolation and loneliness are shown to have a serious impact on physical and mental health, quality of life, and longevity.”

Of the Track 2 deaths, 35.7 percent lived alone, compared with 30.2 percent of Track 1 deaths. Of Track 1 deaths, the average age was 77.7 years. The average age of Track 2 deaths was 75.

Of note is that this year’s Health Canada report on MAiD is the first to include so-called “verbal” requests from individuals as official. Previously, those who wanted to die via assisted suicide had to submit a form to Health Canada in order to be officially recorded as a request to die by suicide.

Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal government legalized MAiD in 2016, the deadly program has continued to relax its rules on who is eligible for death.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, 1 in 20 Canadian deaths in 2023 came from assisted suicide.

Last week, LifeSiteNews reported how a senior Canadian couple said that a hospice care center presented euthanasia to one of them as an option because they could not afford increased care costs on their fixed income.

Canadian pro-life leaders have criticized the Trudeau government’s continued push for expanding MAiD.

Indeed, most Canadians fear the nation’s euthanasia regime unfairly targets those who are financially and socially vulnerable while still supporting the immoral practice in general.

In 2021, the program expanded from killing only terminally ill patients to allowing the chronically ill to qualify. Since then, the government has sought to include those suffering solely from mental illness.

The number of Canadians killed by lethal injection under the nation’s MAiD program since 2016 stands at close to 65,000, with an estimated 16,000 deaths in 2023 alone. Many fear that because the official statistics are manipulated the number may be even higher.

Canada had approximately 15,280 euthanasia deaths in 2023.

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